Randy Johnson was always a bad pick because of his slow swing. The best major-leaguers to draft in this game, in my opinion, were Pedro Martinez and Alfonso Soriano. He was still a beast when you drafted him, but not to the level that our other players were. The reason that A-Rod ranks so low on the totem pole is that he is the least impactful cover athlete within his game. And it was also the most realistic of the bunch. This was the best of the games, no doubt about it. If you never played Backyard Baseball 2005, then you are doing a disservice to Atari, Humongous Entertainment, Pablo Sanchez and myself. Having spent my entire weekend playing, this has been the only thing on my mind.įor reference, the five game covers being compared will be the original Backyard Baseball (original), and then BYBB 2001, BYBB 2003, BYBB 2005 and BYBB 2007. The purpose of this article is for me to give you my fully honest ranking of the cover athletes on the Backyard Baseball games.
They made games for baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer and skateboarding. If you are still in your 20’s or early 30’s, the chances are great that you grew up playing the Backyard sports games.
